The season-long mystery of the Client has been solved, and ‘VisionQuest’ has finally revealed the truth behind the enigmatic Client, tying together several seemingly unrelated storylines in a surprisingly personal way.
The operation’s mastermind is none other than Virgil Horton, a descendant of the scientist Phineas Horton, who invented the first synthetic human body. But having the Horton name does not imply that Virgil is proud of his family.
Ultron’s Human Avatar Has A Much Deeper Meaning
The ending makes it clear that he really hates Phineas, complicating the Horton legacy even further. It also shows that Virgil was married to Josephine Carrington, tying him to the experiments and technological advancements that have been the mainstay of the show’s central mystery.
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The most surprising part isn’t Virgil’s identity, though. It’s what has been in Ultron’s heart all along. The one thing that’s more interesting about the finale is that Ultron has pieces of Virgil Horton’s mind. This finally provides an explanation as to why the AI has taken the form of a human, like the Client.
His avatar was not just a statement or another bid to emulate humanity. It was built using the remnants of an actual human consciousness. That alters the Ultron perspective. In the MCU, he has been shown to be an artificially intelligent being who has created his own personality, feelings, and warped perception of humanity. Now, in ‘VisionQuest‘, it’s possible that his identity is influenced by someone human.
The Horton, Carrington And Ultron Connection
The reveal also ties together three big threads that have been following throughout the series: Phineas Horton’s legacy, Josephine Carrington’s work, and Ultron’s evolution. It even gives the Client’s obsession with capturing Vision a little more interest.
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His relationship with the Horton family and Ultron’s origins indicate that Vision’s synthetic body is more than just another piece of high-tech equipment. What’s particularly fascinating is how the finale blurs the line between artificial intelligence and human consciousness. The pieces of Virgil inside Ultron indicate that his story isn’t completely man-made. And that makes his relationship with Vision even more complicated.
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